Cathy Leaves
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Cathy Leaves' Cellar Door Blog
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Reviews of current television shows, Orphan Black, The Good Wife, Orange is the New Black, and complete reviews of Bomb Girls, Skins, Popular, Caprica, My So-Called Life, Dollhouse. Pop Culture and Politics.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 779 )
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Links 21/8/16
Politics:A concise summary of national security policy since 9/11, tackling the question of whether the US is any safer since the attacks and outlining some of... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 8/8/16
Politics: A few horrifying dystopian entries into "Donald Trump in the situation room" , "Scarborough said the expert told him Trump had asked three times why... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Random Mixtape - This Ain't Your Territory.
oystein sture aspelund: true north [via tumblr]blood orange | augustine. sound of rum | icarus. fakear feat. rae morris | silver. k.flay | less than zero. rae... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
A More Perfect Union
“Tonight, we’ve reached a milestone in our nation’s march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president,”... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: July.
Non-Fiction: Chantal Mouffe: Agonistics: Thinking the World Politically.James Gleick: Chaos: Making a New Science.Kate Bornstein: A Queer and Pleasant... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 29/7/16
Politics: The horror of this: Tamir Elijah Rice was boisterous and sweet, a boy in perpetual motion. At school, he liked to pass out papers or help teachers... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
At the Convention
Following the historic speech by Michelle Obama that will be quoted for a long time, Bill Clinton repaid his debt to his wife in a speech (called... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
A Speech for the Ages
The story that has brought me to this stage tonight. The story of generations of people who felt the lash of bondage, the shame of servitude, the sting of... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 18/7/16 Compact Edition
Politics: Reports about the attempted military coup in Turkey read like someone high up in the Erdogan regime had a close encounter with Seth Dickinson's The... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The VVitch: A New-England Folktale
In Jennifer Kent's The Babadook, the horror of the film wasn't necessarily just caused by the titular character, but by the isolation and co-dependence of its... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 7/7/16
Politics: Australia voted, but results will likely not be in until next week. Whatever the outcome, Malcolm Turnbull's struggle with the conservative wing of hi... Read more
Posted on 07 July 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Reading List: June.
Non-Fiction: Steven Pinker: The Better Angels of Our Nature. Why Violence Has Declined.Dave Cullen: Columbine.Fiction: Robin Wasserman: Girls on Fire.Patricia... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Random Mixtape - Said My Love is an Empire.
gabriel scanu: ghost landscapes [via tumblr]chelsea wolfe | demons. lois | diopter. the kills | bitter fruit. white lung | i beg you. joanna gruesome | i don't... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 30/6/16
Politics:After Brexit: The different options for the UK to get out of Brexit. The stark regional and generational divide on Brexit. Read more
Posted on 30 June 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
It Follows
Hugh: Okay, even though it is following you I can still see it. It is not done with me either. Okay, like I told you, all you can do is pass it on to someone... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Links 23/6/16
Politics: I have not immersed myself in this for a long time so my brain struggles to wrap itself around some of it, but there have been a few very interesting... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Orphan Black – There’s Always a Bloody Board.
Orphan Black: 4x10 From Dancing Mice to Psychopaths.On a wider level, Yerkes worked to establish the utility of primates for interpreting the place of human... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Orphan Black – This is a Bad Idea.
Orphan Black: 4x09 The Mitigation of Competition.Let’s start this penultimate season four review by talking about competition. Read more
Posted on 20 June 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Das Lied Zum Sonntag
Alex Lahey - Let's Go OutYour mother likes meShe always asks me how I'm goingBut that's early in the eveningBefore the past comes out to sayHey, remember that... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
On Orlando
I was trying to put my thoughts into words this entire week, trying to fit all the different branches that have come out of this massacre into a coherent... Read more
Posted on 17 June 2016 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO